arkansas governor sarah huckabee , sanders declared a state of emergency as the storms ripped through several towns. she spoke about the destruction a short time ago. i ve had the opportunity over the last couple of hours to speak with both the homeland security secretary as well as president biden, who have offered a tremendous amount of support anything that arkansas need from a city county state and federal perspective, i would say that everyone is working in total lockstep and we re going to do everything we can to make sure that people of our state are back on their feet again. but the storm threat is not over. a new round of severe weather is threatening 70 million americans today. cnn has teams following all the latest developments from these deadly storms. let s begin with derek van dam. he s live for us in hard hit. when arkansas derek what s the situation? yeah fredricka. you know the devastation here is immense, quoting the mayor of when arkansas, he said. it s lik
says the judge overseeing his indictment hates him. see where this one is going to lead starts right now tuesday 2 15 trump s arraignment s set, according to cnn sources, the unprecedented security that now needs to happen for this unprecedented court appearance, plus 30 news organizations come to the defense of an american journalist detained in russia. their demands to putin and a friend of that reporter will also join me this hour. and from the midwest to the south confirmed tornadoes on the ground with the governor of kentucky, saying tonight s forecast is the worst he has ever seen. welcome to the lead on this busy friday. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start in our politics lead with new developments surrounding the historic indictment against former president donald trump tuesday around 2:15 p.m. trump is expected to appear before manhattan judged to be arraigned, according to sources . the former president is facing more than 30 counts related to business
planes. we are laser-focused on confirming their nature and purpose. reporter: three day, three unidentified objects shot down by u.s. fighters. no precedent. efforts are actively under way right now at all sites to find what s left of those objects so we can better understand and communicate with the american people what they are. reporter: no shortage of unanswered questions, driving a robust all-of-government response from president biden. every element of the government will redouble their efforts to understand and mitigate these events. reporter: recovery efforts under way for downed ob jebts and critical. they are focused like a laser on figuring out what happened and coming up with sort of a comprehensive analysis of how we deal with this present and future. reporter: as even white house allies are raising concerns. in an absence of information people will fill that gap. reporter: a new cabinet-level task force underscoring the approach. we re sta
good morning, everyone. welcome to c cnn this morning. i m amara walker. and i m boris sanchez. president biden ordering the military to shoot down an unidentified object off the coast of alaska. what pentagon officials are saying about it and the key differences between this object and that chinese balloon that was shot down last week. and also a moment of hope amid the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria, more than 24,000 people killed, but amid the loss after days trapped under the rubble, a teenager found alive. we ll have the incredible story along with the footage. and plus governor desantis is getting new power over one of the state s most iconic theme park systems. the potential impacts of the latest twist in his feud with disney. and the situation is terrible, i can barely breathe. but you re still staying. i don t have a choice. plus months after hurricane ian slammed into the state, some in the storm s path are still living in tents. their sto
washington. lucas: president biden lashing out at saudi arabia for slashing oil production this morning on fox news sunday secretary pompeo told the president to look in the mirror. this is a failure of american policy. joe biden is directly responsible in the place the world finds itself in policy. lucas: pompeo also taking issue with biden s comments in armageddon defined in the new testament as the last battle between good and evil on the day of judgment. pompeo called the comments reckless. price of gas is now more than 60% higher than when president biden took office. many republicans wished the president traveled to texas or dakotas last summer and not saudi arabia. speaking of texas, molly, the vice president flu to austin. the challenge that is the issue is ultimately been as the united states supreme court and its proponents, the proponents of dobbs have intended is being pushed to the states. and this is not a political event but there s an election in 31 days a